Education
Online Safety
Age-based guidelines for kids' Internet use
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/age.aspx
Guidelines to help protect your children from inappropriate content and contact.
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/age.aspx
Guidelines to help protect your children from inappropriate content and contact.
Using family contracts to help protect your kids online
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/contract.aspx
Before your children start to explore the Internet, it's a good idea to make sure everyone understands what they should and shouldn't be doing online.
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/contract.aspx
Before your children start to explore the Internet, it's a good idea to make sure everyone understands what they should and shouldn't be doing online.
Help protect kids online: 4 things you can do
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/steps.aspx
Follow these steps to help protect your children's privacy and safety when they're using the computer.
www.microsoft.com/protect/parents/childsafety/steps.aspx
Follow these steps to help protect your children's privacy and safety when they're using the computer.
Zoe and Molly Online
www.kidsintheknow.ca/app/en/zoe_molly
Zoe and Molly Online is a comic book created to supplement the Kids in the Know Program. It has been created for Grade 4 students to address risks associated with children sharing personal information and sending pictures online.
www.kidsintheknow.ca/app/en/zoe_molly
Zoe and Molly Online is a comic book created to supplement the Kids in the Know Program. It has been created for Grade 4 students to address risks associated with children sharing personal information and sending pictures online.
How to Bullyproof Yourself on Facebook
blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=180189707130
Useful tips for avoiding and addressing cyberbullying.
blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=180189707130
Useful tips for avoiding and addressing cyberbullying.
How to Break the Cycle of Digital Abuse
blog.facebook.com/blog.php?topic_id=188353779649
A few ways to avoid becoming a digital abuser or victim.
blog.facebook.com/blog.php?topic_id=188353779649
A few ways to avoid becoming a digital abuser or victim.
Toward fixing teen risky behavior in social sites: Study
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/toward-fixing-teen-risky-behavior-in-social-sites-study.html
A professor of pediatrics said she was a little surprised by how much information about risky behaviors teens post online - information for all to see but that their doctors struggle to get out of them. In a random selection of 500 MySpace profiles of people who say on their pages they're 18, Dr. Megan Moreno at University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her co-authors found that "54% of the profiles contained information on risky behaviors" - 24% of them about sexual behaviors, 41% about substance abuse, and 14% about violence, the Washington Post reports, citing a just-released study in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/toward-fixing-teen-risky-behavior-in-social-sites-study.html
A professor of pediatrics said she was a little surprised by how much information about risky behaviors teens post online - information for all to see but that their doctors struggle to get out of them. In a random selection of 500 MySpace profiles of people who say on their pages they're 18, Dr. Megan Moreno at University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her co-authors found that "54% of the profiles contained information on risky behaviors" - 24% of them about sexual behaviors, 41% about substance abuse, and 14% about violence, the Washington Post reports, citing a just-released study in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Sex offenders in social sites: Consider the facts
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/sex-offenders-in-social-sites-consider-the-facts.html
Here are some helpful facts to keep in mind when you're confronted with yet another news report about predators in social network sites.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/sex-offenders-in-social-sites-consider-the-facts.html
Here are some helpful facts to keep in mind when you're confronted with yet another news report about predators in social network sites.
How to recognize grooming
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/how-to-recognize-grooming.html
Learn to recognize tricks predators use to lure teens into sexual encounters.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/how-to-recognize-grooming.html
Learn to recognize tricks predators use to lure teens into sexual encounters.
How social influencing works
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/how-social-influencing-works.html
One of the best protections for online youth is awareness of how other people try to influence them – here are some of the ways....
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/how-social-influencing-works.html
One of the best protections for online youth is awareness of how other people try to influence them – here are some of the ways....
Chat Room Safety Tips
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/chat-room-safety-tips.html
Chat rooms, where many people gather for live interaction, are among the riskiest places on the Net - where kids are most likely to "talk" with strangers about sex. Here are some tips for teens who do use chat rooms.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/chat-room-safety-tips.html
Chat rooms, where many people gather for live interaction, are among the riskiest places on the Net - where kids are most likely to "talk" with strangers about sex. Here are some tips for teens who do use chat rooms.
Top 10 Safety Tips for Video-Sharing
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/top-10-safety-tips-for-video-sharing.html
Many kids today are video-literate - able to communicate in a medium once reserved for highly trained professionals with expensive equipment. This is an amazing creative development for them and the participatory Web. To help keep their video-sharing safe and constructive, here are some common-sense rules of conduct.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/top-10-safety-tips-for-video-sharing.html
Many kids today are video-literate - able to communicate in a medium once reserved for highly trained professionals with expensive equipment. This is an amazing creative development for them and the participatory Web. To help keep their video-sharing safe and constructive, here are some common-sense rules of conduct.
Social Web Tips for Teens
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/social-web-tips-for-teens.html
These tips, based on the latest research, will help teens' socializing stay fun and safe on both the fixed and mobile social Web. Be your own person. Don't let friends or strangers pressure you to be someone you aren't. And know your limits. You may be Net-savvy, but people and relationships change, and unexpected stuff can happen on the Internet.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/social-web-tips-for-teens.html
These tips, based on the latest research, will help teens' socializing stay fun and safe on both the fixed and mobile social Web. Be your own person. Don't let friends or strangers pressure you to be someone you aren't. And know your limits. You may be Net-savvy, but people and relationships change, and unexpected stuff can happen on the Internet.
Social Web Tips for Parents
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/social-web-tips-for-parents.html
These tips for parents about safety on the social Web are based on the latest research from the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/social-web-tips-for-parents.html
These tips for parents about safety on the social Web are based on the latest research from the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire
Tips to Help Stop Cyberbullying
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/tips-to-help-stop-cyberbullying.html
Here are some tips if you or someone you know is being bullied - and advice for ending (or preventing) the cycle of aggression.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/tips-to-help-stop-cyberbullying.html
Here are some tips if you or someone you know is being bullied - and advice for ending (or preventing) the cycle of aggression.
Cellphone Safety
Teen Sexting: troubling but don't overreact
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/teen-sexting-troubling-but-dont-overreact.html
Kids who send sexual pictures of themselves are taking personal and legal risks but parents and authorities need to react calmly.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Advice-Articles/teen-sexting-troubling-but-dont-overreact.html
Kids who send sexual pictures of themselves are taking personal and legal risks but parents and authorities need to react calmly.
Cellphone Safety Tips
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/cellphone-safety-tips.html
Though teens make little distinction between fixed and mobile socializing, we adults still do. So here are some basic ideas for safe socializing on phones as well as the Web that we hope will work for both generations.
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/cellphone-safety-tips.html
Though teens make little distinction between fixed and mobile socializing, we adults still do. So here are some basic ideas for safe socializing on phones as well as the Web that we hope will work for both generations.
Tips to Prevent Sexting
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/tips-to-prevent-sexting.html
"Sexting" usually refers to teens sharing nude photos via cellphone, but it's happening on other devices and the Web too. The practice can have serious legal and psychological consequences, so - teens and adults - consider these tips!
www.connectsafely.org/Safety-Tips/tips-to-prevent-sexting.html
"Sexting" usually refers to teens sharing nude photos via cellphone, but it's happening on other devices and the Web too. The practice can have serious legal and psychological consequences, so - teens and adults - consider these tips!
NetSmartz411 - Internet Safety Helpdesk
www.netsmartz411.org
Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey: Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Parental Controls
www.netsmartz411.org
Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey: Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Parental Controls
Wireless Online Safety
www.wirelessfoundation.org/wirelessonlinesafety/index.cfm
Information for parents and educators to help keep children safe in a mobile environment.
www.wirelessfoundation.org/wirelessonlinesafety/index.cfm
Information for parents and educators to help keep children safe in a mobile environment.
